I wouldn’t doubt that the Democrats manipulated the system in Arizona to get a more favorable representation. But in a number of states where Obama won the presidential vote in 2012 — Michigan, Ohio, Penn., Wisc., Florida and Virginia — Republicans have used the redistricting process in 2010 to pack Democrats into certain areas in order to allow the Republicans to win a 2/3 or greater majority of those state’s congressional districts.

More and more the voters are waking up to the fact that they need Independents in office to take away the partisan tricks that were funded by the big money interests of both sides. By 2014, Independents are likely to be the largest voting bloc in the state and hopefully Independents will begin to win a few seats and start a movement away from the parties.